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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 




KRISTOPHERUS 

. . . THE . . . 

CHRIST-BEARER. 



FROM DRAWING 

OP 

SPANISH CARAVEL 

ACCOMPANYING 

LETTERS OF COLUMBUS 
1494. 



NEW 'ENGLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY. 

BOSTON, MASS. 



SUGGESTIVE INDEX. 

" The free constitutions of Aragon and Castile guaranteed the Hberties of the peo- 
ple, and in the Cortes, or national Assemblies of these kingdoms, the third estate 
secured a place long before representation was granted the commons of any other 
European Country." J. Dorman Steele, in his "Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern 
Peoples." 

I. The Royal Marriage. The Queen's Choice. II. The Conquest of Granada. 
III. Peace and its New Plans unfold. IV. Foreign Adventure and Conquest assert 
their Claims. V. The Brave but Humble Volunteer, Christopher. VI. The Royal 
Outfit and its Departure. VII. Visions of Glory dimmed by Envy. VIII. The 
Queen's Benediction. The Hero's Faith. IX. The Perilous Voyage and its Inci- 
dents. X. The Vision realized. The New World found. XI. Rival Ventures and 
cunning Schemes fail. XII. Passion and Plunder in the Ascendant. XIII. Slavery 
bars the Sway of Kristopherus. XIV. The Rights of Man assert their Sway. Free- 
dom advances. XV. Columbia Delivered. Church and School assert the Higher 
Law. XVI. Henceforth, Man's Best Aim, — to be " KRISTOPHERUS." 



KRISTOPHERUS. 

The CHRIST-BEARER. 

By henry B. CARRINGTON. 

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FOR SCHOOL-TABLET, AND DECLAMATION USE. 



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CHRISTOPHER 
COLUMBUS. 



First Voyage, 1492. 
Second Voyage, 1493. 
Third Voyage, 1498. 
Fourth Voyage, 1502. 




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REDUCED C^'Ky? 
FAC-SIMILIE OF PRINT 

FROM 
OLDEST WOOD-CUT 

EXTANT, 

BY PAOLO GIOVIO, 

1575- 



PREFATORY NOTE. 



The origin of the name Christopher, from tlie Greek (" >;otOTO(^)f(^)oc ") Kristo- 
pherus, " Christ- Bearer," is pleasantly associated with the Discovery of America, 
because the Introduction of Christianity furnished the basis for all progress during 
the succeeding four centuries. 

This thought runs current with the Ode. 

The historical syllabus in the margin may be placed upon a black-board or recited 
as a First Voice, and the responsive stanza follows from a Second Voice, when not 
used for declamation or made the^ skeleton for historical school essays. Fifty topics 
are embodied in the historical text. 

The blank pages opposite each couplet, " Notes and Queries," serve as Tablets for 
noting, with pen or pencil, leading Persons, Events, Inventions, and Discoveries that 
have marked the sixteen quarter-centuries since the Genoese sailor landed in America. 

These Notes, gathered and corrected by a teacher, or made competitive between 
sections of a class in history, would prompt thought and arouse interest, it ti p 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



I. 

The 
Royal 

Marriage. 
The 

Queen's 
Choice. 



I. 

The Golden Age of Andalusian pride 
Matured, when Arragon and bright Castile, 
Their wedded sovereigns seated, side by side, 
Upon a double throne, all feuds to heal ; 
And the bride, so fair, held chiefly precious. 
To be, in faith and deed, KRISTOPHERUS. 



II. 

The 
Conquest 

of 

Granada 

is 

Complete. 



II. 

Granada's great Alhambra felt the tread 
Of Spanish lords, their knightly spurs to win, 
And Moorish chiefs sought rest at night, in dread 
Of morning's dawn, fresh conflict to begin. 
While heathen hate, so stern and treacherous. 
Shrank back appalled before KRISTOPHERUS. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



III. 

Peace 

and 

its 

new 

plans 

Unfold. 



III. 

Then Peace her mantle cast about the throne, 
To shield the trophies by high valor won ; 
The Standard- Bearer by himself, alone 
Bemoaned the end of strife and battles done ; 
Yet still the Oueen, intent and serious. 
Sought other~fields to prove KRISTOPHERUS. 



IV. 

Foreign 

Adventure and 

Conquest 

Assert 

their 

Claims. 



IV. 

New worlds to compass, new realms to conquer, 
New pathways trace to India's golden strands ; 
New gems to find, and never-failing treasure, 
New converts seek in waiting heathen lands ; 
While, as the State waxed strong and prosperous, 
No kniaht arose to be KRISTOPHERUS. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



V. 

The 
Brave 

but 

Humble 

Volunteer, 

Christopher.' 



V. 

One seaman bold, with richly cultured brain, 
Who deftly handled either helm or spar, 
Repelled at other Courts, paid court to Spain, 
For grant to search the regions distant far, 
O'er Ocean's wUdest Seas, tempestuous. 
And prove, as name implied, KRISTOPHERUS. 



VI. 

The 

Royal 

Outfit 

and 

its 

Departure. 



VI. 

The anxious Queen this roj-al grant procured, 
Her ready purse supplied the ample means ; 
Three fragile barks and needed crews secured. 
Her pledge once made, this gift in full redeems. 
So sails the fleet with wishes generous. 
To execute her will, — KRISTOPHERUS. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



VII. 

Visions 

of 

Glory 

Dimmed 

by 

Envy. 



VII. 

No venture, e'er before, like object sought. 

Nor shared so many hopes with doubting fears ; 

No other Age, so well the spirit caught. 

Which grasps, at once, the fate of coming years ; 

While yet, the proud, benighted, envious, 

Had naught but scorn for this KRISTOPHERUS. 



VIII. 

The 

Queen's 

Benediction. 

The 

Hero's 

Faith. 



VIII. 

The Queen's own banner waved the fleet " Adieu,'' 

And trumpet echoes cheered the hero bold, 

Imparting courage to the humble crew, 

His plans and hopes to help unfold ; 

And he, with nerve high-strung, but courteous, 

With prayer joined faith to be KRISTOPHERUS. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



IX. 

The 

Perilous 

Voyage 

and 

its 

Incidents. 



IX. 

No lashing seas, nor tempests fierce and wild 

No angr)- threats his earnest life to take, 

No chafing of his temper, firm and mild. 

Could make him from his solemn purpose break ; 

But as such strokes grew madly furious 

The more he dared to be KRISTOPHERUS. 



X. 

The 

Vision 

Realized. 

The 

New World 

Found. 



X. 

The Seas once crossed, the Xew World surely found. 

He gave it hallowed name. " Salvator Blest," 

And planted royal banner in the ground. 

With honors duly borne from East to West. 

By faith discerning nations numerous. 

The fumre subjects of KRISTOPHERUS. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



XI. 

Rival 
Ventures 

and 
Cunning 
Schemes 

Fail. 



XII. 

Passion 

and 

Plunder 

in 

the 

Ascendant. 



XI. 

From other Eastern lands and British Isles, 

As years rolled on, the swift-winged transports flew 

On rival ventures, and by cunning wiles 

Sought each to bind the Old World to the New. 

Yet lost, through methods harsh and tyrannous, 

The spirit of a true KRISTOPHERUS. 

XII. 

Then, maddened year by year through treasure found, 

And Passion's greed for titles, lands, and pelf, 

The natives of the soil, in bondage ground. 

Were used alone to meet behests of Self; 

And Christ-like graces, pure and plenteous. 

Were lost to view without KRISTOPHERUS. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



XIII. 

Slavery 

Bars 

the 

Sway 

of 

KRISTOPHERUS. 



XIII. 

And thus it came, while kings and thrones 
Made merchandise of men for selfish ends, 
Despising man, as man, his wail and groan, 
And each with other only plunder blends, 
The New-Found World, so fair and beauteous. 
Must loncrer wait for true KRISTOPHERUS. 



XIV. 

The 

Rights of Man 

Assert 

Their Claim. 

Freedom 

Advances. 



XIV. 

The years rolled on, and many score were told, 
Till centuries twain and more sad record made. 
When, as the rights of man their claims unfold. 
Just rights for all, whate'er their race or grade, 
There sprang to view, with Freedom glorious. 
The sway and charm of known KRISTOPHERUS. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



XV. 

Columbia 

Delivered. 

Church and School 

Assure 

the 

Higher Law. 



XV. 

And thus Columbia's soil, set free at last. 

From rule by brutish force and selfish aims. 

Through IXDEPEXDEXCE g^ned and dangers passed. 

A higher law. the Law of Right, maintains ; — 

\\Tiile Church and School, with savor gracious. 

Proclaim the Conquests of KRISTOPHERUS. 



XVI. 

Henceforth, 
Man's 

Best Aim 
is 

to be 
Kristopherus. 



XVI. 

Henceforth. — the aim of nations to be great — 
^^*in lasting wealth, and compass true renown — 
\Miile each, the other's merit seeks to mate. 
And only honor's course, with glon.^ crown. 
Shall be — to prove most wise and virtuous. 
And man become indeed. — KRISTOPHERUS. 



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Associated Reading. 

IX PATKI'OrnC READES. 

. Dwight . . 266 
Shaw ... 455 
Hopkinson '■;6 
Holmes . . 512 

• Key ... 443 

. Percival . . 437 

Wliimer . . 510 

Holmes . . 513 

Lanier . . . 511 


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